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184 their soldiers from the transports to take possession of the conquests which their fleets had won, when the charm of victory was broken. An obscure Anglo-Saxon scientist had just achieved a discovery that would overtop all those that had already been made in that age of science. This discovery was destined to entirely revolutionize the art of interstellar war.